禍ツ祓イ (2025)

Investigating a paranormal rumor in a remote village, you find a priestess possessed by a demon that can only be driven out by pain. However, you must only torture the demon when it's surfaced, lest you hurt the priestess. Shove dango in her mouth to heal her if she's present! You must take into account her facial expressions and dialogue to figure out if the demon on the surface or not. There's still an element of luck, but each round is only a max of 10 turns with 5 nights total (it's an indie horror game, of course it's 5 nights~). I didn't have much trouble reaching the end, so it's definitely doable if you pay attention. The questions and riddles are a nice touch as well to give an element of narration to the demon. The later timed ones were rough to read in time outside my native language, but a few lucky guesses (and the order not changing for repeats) helped~ Only won the final night due to a last turn easy question! The art and atmosphere are very nice, enjoyed this short game! I never used the whip, though I suppose if you're unsure, it would do less damage to the priestess. But by night 5, you're barely able to kill the spirit in time, so you have to really nail it~ I…